Jacqueline A. Mitchell

NEWPORT NEWS — Jacqueline A. Mitchell, "Jackie," a native of Newport News, departed this life "for a better one" on May 29, 2006.

She was a 1970 graduate of Huntington High School. She retired from Newport News Redevelopment and Housing Authority in 2002 after serving 23 years.

Leaving to cherish fond memories are her husband, Guy Edgar Mitchell; her mother, Florence A. Dickerson; one daughter and son-in-law, Latoya Dickerson-Hughes and Bernard John Hughes Jr.; one granddaughter, Nara Yvette Hughes; three sisters, Veronica Wright of Hampton, Lopena Dickerson of Newport News and Taunja Dickerson of Charlottesville, Va.; four brothers, Lynn Dickerson (Debbie) of Baltimore, Md., Larry Dickerson, Thomas Dickerson and Johnny Keith Dickerson, all of Newport News; three sisters-in-law, Nanette Webb and Norma Agie of Pittsburgh, Pa., and Carolyn Wiggins of Newport News, Va.; one brother-in-law, John Mitchell of Pittsburgh, Pa.; several nieces and nephews; and a host of other relatives and friends.

Viewing will be held from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, June 1, at Cooke Bros. Funeral Chapel and a funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the chapel. Interment will follow at Greenlawn Memorial Park in Newport News.